Analysts are questioning whether Microsoft Corp. will be able to reach its goal of unifying tablets and desktop PCs with a single operating system after the software giant unveiled a Windows 8 prototype
Microsoft Corp. unveiled a developer preview of its next major operating system release, Windows 8, at today's Build conference in Anaheim, Calif.Designed to fit both the desktop environment as well as mobile tablet
Interoperability: It's a big word that describes an even bigger problem--namely, that of the compatibility of your apps and databetween different devices. And while the mobile worlds of Google'sAndroid and Apple's iOS have
We already know a lot about Windows 8. We know it'll have a new,touch-focused interface and application framework for tablets andtouchscreen PCs. We know it will still have a traditional desktop, withenhancements to
Windows 8 is coming, and apparently it's bringing a Windows 8 app store with it. Speculation that began with hints of an app store in leaked builds of Windows 8 earlier this year
Microsoft has begun talking about Windows 8 in general terms, reprising a blog-based strategy that it used in the year-long run-up to Windows 7.Microsoft kicked off the "Building Windows 8" blog on Monday,
Microsoft's annual partner conference last week featured previews of the Windows 8 server and desktop operating systems, talk of integration between Skype and Lync, and a barrage of insults aimed at the company's
Microsoft recently allowed select OEM partners to download updated preview builds of Windows 8. Since then, there have been several leaked images of supposedly new features that you might see in the next
Microsoft held its first major unveiling of what's in store with Windows 8 at the D9 conference this week. Windows 8 looks bold. It looks slick. It looks impressively innovative. But, it also
Microsoft showed the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei on Thursday, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging
Microsoft today called comments made by an Intel executive about the next version of Windows "inaccurate" and "misleading."One analyst said the bickering between Microsoft and Intel did not signal a breakup of their
Microsoft will make at least four different versions of Windows 8 for devices with ARM processors, but you won't be running older Windows apps on any of them, according to an Intel executive.
In the same week that Apple released version 2 of its iPad tablet PC arch rival Microsoft is rumoured to be dallying its own version of Windows for tabletsuntil late next year.Bloomberg reports
Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as
